After
reaching the College World Series in 2009, Cal State Fullerton
is the favorite to win the 2010 Big West Baseball Championship,
in voting by the league’s nine head coaches and released by the
conference office.

The Titans received seven first-place votes and
79 points, UC Irvine, the 2009 conference champ, earned the
other two first-place votes and 71 points. Cal Poly placed third
with 60 points.

The Titans were 47-16 a season ago, including
17-7 in league play to finish second to the Anteaters. Under
head coach Dave Serrano, Fullerton made its 16th appearance at
the College World Series. The Titans have four All-American arms
returning, with starters Daniel Renken (pictured above), Noe
Ramirez and Tyler Pill, along with closer Nick Ramirez.
All-American shortstop Christian Colon leads the offense.

UCI was 45-15 in 2009 and
was an amazing 22-2 in conference contests. The Anteaters became
the first team in Big West history to go undefeated at home in
league play and posted the second-best conference winning
percentage at .917. UCI also brings back a pair of All-American
hurlers in Daniel Bibona and Eric Pettis.

The Mustangs were 37-21 a year ago and came in
third in the Big West at 14-10. Cal Poly reached the NCAA
Tournament for the first time since moving to Division I in
1995. Matt Jensen, the 2009 Big West Freshman of the Year,
batted .375 with 15 doubles, nine homers, 53 RBI and had a
23-game hitting streak.

Long Beach State came in fourth in the preseason
poll, followed by UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, Pacific, Cal
State Northridge and UC Davis.